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Housing Project, Guifões
The project for a house is located on one of the last vacant lots in the Guifões subdivision, Matosinhos, in a low-density residential area. The house’s layout follows the subdivision’s planned alignment, where the houses are slightly set back from the street, creating an outdoor courtyard at the front of the lot and a courtyard at the back.
The house is organized in two floors. On the ground floor are the social areas, open-plan kitchen and living room, with direct access to the garden at the back, as well as the accessible bathroom and the bedroom facing the street. On the first floor are two more bedrooms and a bathroom.
The street front has a low wall with slats in a contrasting color to the facade, allowing for some privacy while not completely blocking the sunlight. The biggest challenge in this project was integrating the facade design with the surroundings, which are characterized by their heterogeneity. The house therefore follows the visual alignment of the neighboring building and the facade was designed to be clean and simple, marking only the horizontal lines of the openings.